Comments on: 13 Hitchcock Films That Were Never Made

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 01:52:01 +0000

Years ago I remember reading [in Esquire?] that shortly before his death Hitch was planning a movie about Jack the Ripper.

By: sakara

sakara — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:38:35 +0000

FRENZY did not have “a mediocre cast”—jon finch, the hero, was great.

FRENZY, is though, a slightly mediocre movie, like a feature length episode of the half hour hitchcock tv show.

By: me

me — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 19:40:21 +0000

I thought they were selling tug boats

By: canadaeh

canadaeh — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:35:17 +0000

Hitchcock said once he was working on a film where rattlesnakes had their rattles removed and hidden in a car to kill the person who got into the car. The movie was never made. Was one of the films on the list that film?

By: Penny

Penny — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:11:23 +0000

Now, having read the screenplay for Mary Rose (thanks, edo8!), I really wish he’d made it. Curious little story; I’d love to see it.

And nope, no UGGs.

By: Robert B.

Robert B. — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:57:29 +0000

I believe Hitchcock was planning on making a film called Village of Stars at the time of his death, but he made the flop Family Plot instead. It’s unfortunate, since the plot of Village of Stars would appear to be among his most suspenseful. The plot of the film deals with nuclear war. It looks like the Russians have pushed the button down, and a fleet of American planes with nuclear bombs have been sent. Just as one of the planes is about to release a bomb, it’s discovered that it is all a mistake. The bomb is halfway out of a plane that will eventually run out of fuel. Where do you drop a nuclear bomb when you absolutely have to drop it? Unless the unpublished script appears on the internet, we will never know what the film’s answer what was the film’s answer to that question.

By: Rick Marianetti

Rick Marianetti — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:07:02 +0000

Speaking of movies Hitch didn’t make, “13 Tzameti” feels like a movie he MIGHT have made — had he been born in 1963, the same year as Quentin Tarantino. (Hitchcock was born in 1899.)

By: A Tree in The Forest

A Tree in The Forest — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:40:29 +0000

how did they leave off UNKNOWN MAN #89?

By: Dan North

Dan North — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:00:40 +0000

Nice post, and I’m sure there are more to add to the list. At one point, Hitchcock was preparing a film about the sinking of the Titanic.

Barr, Charles. â€œA Marvellously Dramatic Subject: Hitchcock’s Titanic Project.â€ The Hitchcock Annual (2000-2001) edited by Sidney Gottlieb and Richard Allen, 100-114. Fairfield, Connecticut: The Hitchcock Annual, 2001.

By: Sarah in CA

Sarah in CA — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:40:22 +0000

“he regrouped nicely by making Psycho instead”

Quite the understatement, haha.

“The Blind Man” could have been rather interesting if they had the blind guy seeing snippets of the previous owners murder and he had to solve it, etc… maybe there is already something like that out there as it sounds familiar.